COVID-19 Pandemic

Unvaccinated of course.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3060668

This is a really good like State of the Covid letter, of where we're at right now. It ain't great, obviously. This guy is an epidemiologist with a background in hospital infection control and emergency management.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15861618

(USA)

Some lawmakers across the country are working to sidestep vaccine mandates, not just for COVID-19, but also for measles, polio and meningitis. Public health experts worry the renewed opposition to childhood immunizations will reverse state gains in vaccination rates. Meanwhile, cases of some diseases, including measles, have increased across the country.

We’re against the government telling us what to do with our own bodies. – Louisiana Republican state Rep. Kathy Edmonston

“Conservatives have really moved towards that medical freedom position of where people need to be really educated about whatever vaccine that they are taking,” said Tennessee state Sen. Bo Watson, who sponsored his state’s legislation.

Picture unrelated to article:

I'm in hospital for a surgery. Staffs don't wear masks. Many of them cough. In the recovery room there is free unlimited access for visitors and you're of course with other patients. Another patient here has three visitors. No masks. No distance. No barriers.

I am trying to discharge myself because I'm legitimately worried I'll catch something from someone else (if I haven't already).

Hospitals don't care about COVID. Why would anyone be surprised about the general population when the most medical institution there is doesn't?

I'm slowly realising that I probably have some mild #LongCovid

Since having covid (now had it twice since 2022): iron deficiencies, breathing problems, constant asthma, and now a sudden allergy to some foods apparently.

My partner and I have been careful throughout the pandemic but clearly not careful enough at times (twice each) since "opening up".

And though it could be far far worse, I feel pretty violated right now TBH.

@coronavirus
@longcovid

From https://drsforchoice.org/

BREAKING NEWS

Freedom Coalition of Doctors for Choice is pleased to announce a significant win for transparency! United States District Court Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk has issued a thoughtful, insightful, and incredible 30-page decision that orders the CDC to release the 7.8 million free text fields from the Covid-19 v-safe program to the public!

The CDC must release hundreds of thousands of these entries each month and all the entries must be released on or before January 15, 2025! CDC had argued that it never had to turn over the entries to the public because it was too burdensome to redact the entries. The Court vehemently disagreed and granted expedited processing, recognizing that “Predictably, the American public now seeks access to COVID-related papers to ensure that relevant government policies were — and still are — supported and justified by the available data.”

The first production of at least 390,000 free text entries is required to be produced by February 15, 2024 and all data received will be posted on this site for the public’s use. The full decision is available here.

Court ruling: https://cases.justia.com/federal/district-courts/texas/txndce/2:2023cv00102/378122/40/0.pdf

Excerpts:

MEMORANDUM ORDER AND OPINION

.. The Motion is GRANTED ..

INTRODUCTION

..

V-safe collected two types of data from millions of Americans: (1) check-the-box options and (2) free-text responses.

Plaintiff seeks production of approximately 7.8 million freetext responses pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”).

..

C. Plaintiff’s FOIA Request

While “Trust the Science” became something of a national slogan, 19 the American public’s trust in science and scientists are at an all-time low.20 It is with this background that Plaintiff aims to further the ideals pledged by the Biden-Harris administration: to “Promote trust, transparency, common purpose, and accountability in our government”21 by making available for public access — and particularly for independent scientific and medical research — all of the relevant health data collected through the V-safe program. As the check-the-box data has already been released, it is the free-text response data Plaintiff seeks.

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Reposting here in case anyone missed the c/worldnews posting two days ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Sachs#COVID-19 (emphasis mine)

In spring 2020, Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, appointed Sachs as chair of its COVID-19 Commission, whose goals were to provide recommendations for public health policy and improve the practice of medicine. Sachs set up a number of task forces, including one on the origins of the virus.

The race for next generation vaccines is steadily heating up now. And this month, we’ve passed a major milestone: The first data suggesting that an already-authorized nextgen vaccine could outperform the BNT/Pfizer vaccine – with its manufacturers ramping up production facilities for potentially wide distribution in the next year or so.